I watched him enter the castle like nothing happened, like he never just held me down to the point of death or accused me again. I knew he was cold and was not interested in me but tonight was taken too far."Hayley," Sonia spoke, moving towards me. I flinched away from her, shaking my head and crossing my arms. Knowing I was not going to hold the tears in again any much longer, I ran off to my room at wolf's speed. Shutting the door, I threw myself on my bed and broke into tears. Things had never seemed right since the day I was born, I lost my only brother, then I lost my right as a sister and daughter, and I lost my powers and now my mate wants me gone or dead. It was unfair, if I were strong, at least physically maybe I would've had more respect than this. ......"Hayley," I frowned at the knock on my door. I perceived Gray's scent and I knew he was here to cheer me up, but that was not what I wanted. I wanted to build the anger and maybe I would be able to transfer it into som
There was an incoming call from an unknown number and I stopped eating instantly to receive it.“Hello, who is it?”“Who do you think?” Gray’s voice boomed powerfully in my ear.“Gray, how did you get my number?” I asked, feigning surprise.“I just tried a random digit and it happened to be you! What are you doing?”“I’m having breakfast,” I said and explained further, “Actually it was the dinner you brought me last night that I’m eating now.” “Okay, hurry up and make sure you’re out with your pack mates in thirty minutes, everyone is going out for a nice walk as a pack, courtesy of your alpha that won’t be coming along of course!”I looked out my window and gave a startling stare as if Gray was there to see it.“But it’s still raining and there’s no guarantee that the rain will finish falling in thirty minutes.”Gray waited for me to finish before saying, “Well then I think a walk in the rain makes it even more fun. Thirty minutes Hayley!”“Including the children?” I said, sounding
Finally the rain began pouring, gently at first; then it grew heavier and a strong wind blew. The castle was remarkably quiet on this particular morning. The cold wind penetrated through the pores of my skin and I felt Goosebumps instantly all over my skin. I imagined Gray and Sonia perfectly curled in each other’s arms and enjoying the weather. Mike may not be big on talking or expressing emotions but he certainly did his job; that I was certain of. Lea even at old age could still make the bed warm and fry chicken for her mate which was the pinnacle of a successful mating relationship."Get your ass up!" Abruptly, I jerked up off my bed with wide eyes of fear. I looked towards my door to find that Beam had just banged the door open and yelled at me."Beam," I called out cautiously and she rolled her eyes at me, taking it upon herself to walk into my room and cuddle herself up on my bed."Good morning to you too," she said, reaching out for my phone under my pillow. I still stayed i
"The rest have more work, you can take your time here, all day if you like," Gray shrugged with a smile on his face.There was nothing funny about the work I was given, it was ridiculously annoying. The entire place was so scattered that there was no path to move in. Bags, boxes, clothes, shoes, old drawers, old frames, shelves, name it. "What died in here?" I squeezed my face in disgust when the smell of rotten food or animals met my nose."That must be the fridge, I honestly thought they had thrown it away or cleaned, I have no idea why Lance wants it to stay, anyway I'll leave you to it. I'll come check on you later or send someone else, good luck."With that, he hurriedly made his way out of the place, possibly also irritated by the foul smell from the fridge. I had no idea where to begin, I hadn't even had breakfast and my head was still aching seriously. I suspected that I was sick, but I had never been sick in a long time. Even when I did fall sick, it was either from a fight
The ray of sunlight pierced through the window and met my eyes, making me squint them as I turned my head away from the light. I raised my hand to shield my face but I froze when it didn't budge. Then I opened my eyes. I was in my room, laying on my bed, my head facing the ceiling. The headache had stopped and my body did not seem to be in pain any longer, but my hands didn't seem to move. "She's awake," a masculine voice said and I turned my head in the direction of the sound. "That's good, how're you feeling?" Sonia who was sitting at one end of my room asked, getting up to move close to me. But then she stopped mid way. "What happened?" I asked, trying to sit up. "You went unconscious," she replied and I frowned. "Why?" I glared into open space as I tried to remember why and when it happened. I was in the storage room, I had almost finished my clean up routine and I remembered coughing out blood. I stared at my hand to see the blood had been washed off. I remembered the pai
"Don't ever try that with me again, okay?" His voice was deep and husky and it made me shiver."Yeah," I whimpered without a choice. He knew what he was doing and followed and had the upper hand at it. "Good," he replied, taking a second to remain in his position before actually moving away from me.I almost audibly pouted at his departure but I was glad I held it in. I watched him head towards my room door, he twisted the knob and took a step out but halted."Rest, you still did not finish the storage work," then he left......."You can do better than that Hayley," I punched harder as Gray continued to motivate me."You're healed already, you should have more strength now," Gray continued and I obeyed, punching the hard foam box that he held against his body. "I'm trying," I confessed and he scoffed "Try harder," he insisted and I punched more. Getting frustrated, I wanted to get over it once and for all, I hit the box harder, focusing my strength and emotion on it. It came out
Lance scoffed and then turned to leave. I had seen Lance get angry, like hell I had even been the cause but this was rage. Lance's body was trembling as he walked back into the castle. Upon seeing me at the door I assumed the worst would happen but he just passed me without a word. Whatever questions I held in my tongue remained frozen in place for a later time. The attackers were gone and I went outside. "You know, you shouldn't be eavesdropping," Gray said to me approaching me. Sonia had left him to do something. She was dragging one of the dead vampires to torch his body. I too wanted to feel useful. "Are they any injured pack mates?" I asked, ignoring his earlier statement. "No, four dead wolves and vampires.""Gray, I warned you not to take those events lightly but you wouldn't listen," I said, becoming a bit angry. "Hayley, I see now that your hunches were right and I'm sorry that I paid no heed to your warning," he replied, placing a hand over my elbow. "Secondly, why did
"Hey Hayley, Lance will definitely call for you or come to you," Gray said, breaking the silence. "From there you can possibly ask him to throw more light on his sickness." I nodded. "Sure, I'll definitely be expecting that call."I walked away from Gray and went to the one place in this castle that enabled me to feel in tune with the inner me. At my workshop, I opened the drawer I had kept the witchy doll and picked it up to inspect it. Eavesdropping seemed like the handwork of a curious person. Who wanted to know more about my life? Who, if not you then who? I had someone I suspected but I could not possibly answer how she could come in undetected. Lance had sent a random werewolf to call me up to his room. I didn't even have to go through the trouble of knocking because he opened up the door for me as soon as he sensed me. The room was spacious like a living room. It had a king size bed and everything looked so orderly and beautiful in it. "I blame you Hayley for everything,"